Gilmore Gazette - Issue 05

About Your Friendly Club

Your Team at GRC

Alan Gurnhill G0ROW // Nigel Stanley 2E0CKA Keith Sale M0JYP // Heather Stanley M6HNS

Venue

St Mary’s Church Hall, St Mary’s Drive, Reddish Stockport SK5 7AX Meeting Time 7.30pm

Your Gilmore Gazette Team

Editor : Heather Stanley M6HNS CW Corner : David McArthur M0WDD

Issue 5 - Final date for articles 28 November 22 The Gilmore Gazette Publication Date 12 March 2023

If you have an article you would like to send for the next issue, please let me have it no later than 28 February 2023

If you have any information that you would like to share with your fellow members please email me - info@m0juw.co.uk

Your comments on the newsletter would be appreciated, so that we can make each issue better and more informative

Without your input we would not have a gazette to send out. Please keep your information coming through

Thank you Heth M6HNS

Who ever thought that in November 2021 four amateur radio friends would come together to form Gilmore Radio Club. This was not pre-planned, none of us had any thoughts of setting up a club, after leaving another established radio club, but here we are twelve months later. The team have all put their thoughts on paper of what the last year has meant to them.

Sitting onboard NB Royal Oscar, I thought what are we doing? Is this too soon, after leaving another club? What did we have to lose. So sitting there with the biscuits, cakes and coffee flowing, myself, Nigel 2E0CKA, Alan G0ROW and Keith M0JYP set about starting a radio club. Two weeks later all tasks were done, affiliations paid for, venue sorted and roles established. To be honest, I was in my element, back in my admin role, scheduling nets, etc, as I love keeping my members informed of what was happening at GRC. I was so surprised by the end of December, that we had nearly 20 members. We are a club with no Committee, no hierarchy, just four friends who have quarterly friendly meetings. It was great to be back at NARSA this year, loving the banter and good wishes from other ‘hams and radio clubs. Getting involved with NARSA again as GRC, and also doing BIWOTA - our first outdoor event, which lots of members came to, some staying over at the local pub. It was so nice to see members join us who we had been friends with for a long time. We have 39 members this year, (Including ourselves) and have made some great friends. Without our members there would be no GRC. I thank all the members for being with us, and for their involvement.

Looking forward to another great year in 2023 with GRC‘Your Friendly Radio Club’.

Heth M6HNS

I am more hands on than writing, but it has been a great year. We have made friends along the way, got a great venue, new radio kit, and played some radio aswell both at the club and on the water, aswell as our netsLook forward to 2023 cheers All

Nigel 2E0CKA

At first I was unsure as to what the success of a new radio club would be however one year in the club has exceeded all expectations with great members, a fantastic venue for meetings and playing radio with the acquired club gear. Indeed we are now on a par with bigger clubs in the area after such a short time. The fact we have no committee just four founder members was innovative and in my opinion contributed to the success of the club and reduces the politics and in fighting that sometimes rears its ugly head

Looking forward to more in 2023

Keith M0JYP

l had done everything at my last club even getting to be the President for 6 years. l think is was the right time to more on and we did with a bang setting up a new club was quite an achievement within 2 weeks and it was down to the team Keith Heather Nigel and myself and we have met some very nice people along the way.

I would also like to thank you for your back up and your contribution especially Chris M0KCJ, David M0WWD and Robert M0NVQ

l am sure the future of Gilmore Radio Club will go on for a long time with your help - our members.

Alan G0ROW

The GRC Team would like to wish all our members a very merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous 2023

January 2023

Every Tuesday

2m Net 145.375+/- 7.30pm

Sunday 1 CW Training Net 50.080Mhz 6m with David M0WDD 7.30pm

Thursday 5 New Year Social Night / Radio Night at St Marys 7.30pm

Sunday 8 CW Net 3.510Mhz 80m with Chris M0KCJ 7.30pm

Thursday 12 (NEW) 70cm Net 433,575 70cm with Alan G0ROW 7.30pm

Sunday 15 CW Training Net 50.080Mhz 6m with David M0WDD 7.30pm

Thursday 19 6m Net 51.550 FM with Alan G0ROW 7.30pm

Sunday 22 CW Net 28.080Mhz 10m with Chris M0KCJ 7.30pm

Thursday 26 10m SSB Net 28.525Mhz 10m with Keith M0JYP 7.30pm

Sunday 29 CW Training Net 50.080Mhz 6m with David M0WDD 7.30pm

February 2023

Every Tuesday

2m Net 145.375+/- 7.30pm

Thursday 2 Radio Night at St Marys Church Hall 7.30pm

Sunday 5 CW Net 3.510Mhz 80m with Chris M0KCJ 7.30pm

Thursday 9 (NEW) 70cm Net 433,575 70cm with Alan G0ROW 7.30pm

Sunday 12 CW Training Net 50.080Mhz 6m with David M0WDD 7.30pm

Thursday 16 6m Net 51.550 FM 7.30pm with Nigel 2E0CKA

Sunday 19 CW Net 28.080Mhz 10m with Chris M0KCJ 7.30pm

Thursday 23 10m SSB Net 28.525Mhz 10m with Keith M0JYP 7.30pm

Sunday 26 CW Training Net 50.080Mhz 6m with David M0WDD 7.30pm

March 2023

Every Tuesday

2m Net 145.375+/- 7.30pm

Thursday 2 Annual General Meeting (AGM) at St Marys Church Hall 7.30pm

Sunday 5 CW Net 3.510Mhz 80m with Chris M0KCJ 7.30pm

Thursday 9 (NEW) 70cm Net 433,575 70cm with Alan G0ROW 7.30pm

Sunday 12 CW Training Net 50.080Mhz 6m with David M0WDD 7.30pm

Thursday 16 6m Net 51.550 FM 7.30pm with Nigel 2E0CKA

Sunday 19 CW Net 28.080Mhz 10m with Chris M0KCJ 7.30pm

Thursday 23 10m SSB Net 28.525Mhz 10m with Keith M0JYP 7.30pm

Sunday 26 CW Training Net 50.080Mhz 6m with David M0WDD 7.30pm

Would you be interested in giving members of GRC a presentation, demonstration or talk on one our nights at St Marys Hall. It would be for about 30-45 minutes.

If you are interested, please contact on of the team : info@m0juw.co.uk

Can you give a Presentation, organise a quiz , give a Demonstrationthen give us a call

GRC are running nets on the following frequencies

2m - 145.375Mhz / 6m - 51.550Mhz / 10m - 28.525Mhz

70cm - 433.575Mhz from January 2023

North West Morse are running CW nets and Training nets on the following frequencies

6m - 50.080Mhz / 10m - 28.080Mhz / 80m - 3.150Mhz

Details of all the nets are posted on the calendar on our website, and also on a weekly email advising our google group what is happening with the month..

Net Controllers

Our net controllers for 2m, 6m and 10m SSB are

Keith M0JYP Alan G0ROW Nigel 2E0CKA

Our CW net controllers for 6m, 10m and 80m CW are Chris M0KCJ - 80m and 10m David M0WDD - 6m

As the holder of the callsign M0JUW, Keith M0JYP has given permission in writing for the following full callsign holders to use the club callsign. Notification in advance to be given to Keiith M0JUW and Heth M6HNS for our records

Alan G0ROW,

David M0WDD

Robert M0NVQ Chris M0KCJ

All records of when the callsign has been in use is on our website

Firstly can I thank you for joining Gilmore Radio Club and for your support during our first year. We hope you have enjoyed what we have to offer, and plans are in place to do more during 2023.

Membership is due by the end of December 2022. We hope that you will stay with us. The membership fees are below You can pay by Standing Order, directly through your bank, in cash at the next meeting or using our new sumup machine at our meetings.

• Adult - £20 per year

• Junior (upto 16) - £5 per year

• Joint (2 Adults) - £30 per year

• Overseas - £20 per year

Bank details are below

• Gilmore Radio Club

• Bank : Bank of Scotland

• Account No : 22539662

• Sort Code : 80 22 60

Ref : Name and Callsign (Example – H Stanley M6HNS)

If you have any thoughts on what else you would like the team to look into please let me know and we will bring this up at the next team meeting.

Take care and thank you for your continued support.

Many thanks

Nigel 2E0CKA (Team Member of GRC)

At the time of going to press, a number of our members have already paid their membership fees. On behalf of the team at Gilmore Radio Club.

Thank you

Members Profile

Lee Piggott - G2LK

I first became interested in radio in the late 80’s with CB. It was a way of speaking with friends at a time before the days of mobile phones with the landline only to be used in emergencies.

In 2018 I passed the Foundation Licence exam and was given my first call sign M6OLK. Then going on to achieving my Intermediate and Full licence in 2019. I mainly use the digital modes as I’m restricted to internal antennas at my current QTH so I have not had much luck with anything else. This year I’m planning to get out and about more, maybe some SOTA and trying to improve my HF antenna.

Club Log 202

We are now into the last month of this year of club log. Keith M0JYP is still in top position with 383 slots 136 DXCC with myself Al G0ROW with 229 slots 92 DXCC - still little change below Keith and myself.

The main bands 20m 17m 15m 12m and 10m producing most of the main DX .

Please put your final log for 2022 at midnight 31st December

Thank you to all the members that have put logs in if you are not a member of club log and need help please asked

Till the next time Good DX Alan G0ROW GRC Team

If you are interested in joining club log, please see the details towards the back of the gazette.

Alan

Keith M0JYP has been a busy boy over the last few months. Chasing these QRZ awards. Congratulations on receiving these certificates.

First steps in to SOTA

Jamie - M1JSC

Before I start - For those that don’t know, SOTA or Summits On The Air, is an award scheme where ‘activators’ work a radio station from designated peaks for points. There is also a concept of ‘chasing’ where folks elsewhere can get points for working an activator. A summit is considered activated if one or more QSO’s are successfully conducted but you must work four or more different stations to get the

I’d been promising myself for a long time to give a SOTA activation ago and this autumn I finally got round to it. What started off as giving it a go once though has at least for now turned into a mild obsession questioning which peak can I activate next?! I should have heeded the warnings on the SOTA website that it can become addictive!

What follows is a set of reports for each activation I’ve done so far since starting.

G/SP-001 Kinder Scout – 10/09/22

I’m fairly familiar with Kinder Scout having been up there plenty of times over the years and given it’s also local, it was obvious this was the one to start with. That being said, the decision to do the activation on this particular day was made first thing in the morning followed by chucking my trusty VX-6 HT in a bumbag with a few other essentials and heading on out. In other words I wasn’t really prepared when it came to the activation itself. More on that in a moment...

I started off in Edale following one of the paths up towards Kinder Scout itself. The weather was good and it took around 1hr15min to get to the trig point at Kinder Low. I walked away from the trig point towards slightly higher ground out of the way of other folks, got out the radio, paper and pen out and started to call CQ after spotting* myself on the SOTAWatch website. Very quickly I realised I’d made a mistake here as on the first QSO I was asked for the SOTA summit reference which of course even though I’d read while doing the spot, had failed to note down and already forgot! Conveniently my

phone started to play up but after a bit of fighting around with a flaky data connection I managed to get the reference and completed the QSO. I went on to make two further QSOs but unfortunately wasn’t able to get a forth to get the 4 points before having to head back down which was unfortunate.

However, on the brighter side I learnt a couple of things; being able to sit down was clearly very important as standing up in the wind for a while isn’t great! The stock antenna on the HT did an admirable job, the furthest station being Birkenhead, but clearly it could be improved on. Finally, mobile phones can’t be relied on for spotting* yourself even when you do have a signal.

G/SP

-002 Black Hill – 17/09/22

Just one week later I was itching to try another activation. Not wanting to repeat the previous weeks walk I decided to try Black Hill which is just the other side of Glossop. This time I had a friend with me along for the trip so the activation wasn’t so much the goal, more an addition to the walk which they agreed to me doing.

We left the car at the car park in Crowden around 11:00 and picked up the Pennine way as it progressively works its way out of the Longdendale valley. The terrain on this path I would consider to be ‘rugged’ (more on that shortly), but you find yourself looking back out towards where you’ve walked from, the place is pretty spectacular when it comes to views.

It’s fair old walk from Crowden to the Black Hill summit. With a few stops, it took us just over two hours.

With this activation I had come better prepared. I had something to sit on and having done some research, there were a few folks saying VHF wasn’t too easy on this summit so I had come armed both with the HT and this time with the FT-817 and a dipole for 20m. Prior to the walk, I had also setup an alert on the SOTAWatch website but was able to spot* myself on the summit for 2m with a poor data signal. I gave a dozen or so CQ calls out on the HT and managed to complete two contacts, both of which were from the Leeds area. The signals were scratchy and once again it demonstrated that the antenna on the HT was sub par on these activations. I did however have the summit reference to hand, so that made things easier!

Shortly after the VHF contacts, I setup the 817 on 20m, found a free frequency in the SSB portion of the band and spotted* myself again with the frequency change. Very quickly rewarded with a set of QSO’s with stations in Spain, Slovakia and Czech Republic. I did also have a tune up and down… what this summit lacked on VHF it made up for on HF! There were strong clear signals from everywhere and the noise floor was lovely – wish it was like this at home!

Having got 6 contacts in total and being aware that my friend has been waiting a while for me to do the activation, we packed up and headed back down.

A word of warning on the descent back towards Crowden. The path in places is quite steep and narrow, has lose rock so its not the easiest of descents in places. There are other paths up to Black Hill from the Oldham/West Yorks side which I suspect are likely to be quicker to the summit and easier so if anyone fancies doing this summit but doesn’t fancy the hike, it’s recommended to do some research on alternatives as they might be better.

We got back down to the car around 16:30. I was happy to have my first 2 SOTA points.

G/SP-004 Shining Tor – 02/10/22

Shining Tor, not too far off the Cat and Fiddle road on paper looked like a wonderfully easy summit to get on to and that’s exactly what I found. I think the walk up took just over 20 minutes (I do walk fast though!). The view was spectacular, with both parts of Greater Manchester and Cheshire being visible.

Just before I started the walk up I spotted on the SOTAWatch site that there was another op on the summit so as I made my approach to the summit I had been looking out for an antenna mast which was quickly spotted! Before setting up I went over to say hello and had a lovely chat with Martin, M7BIA (now 2E0BIA), who had been up there since 05:30AM and had worked VK earlier on. It seems conditions were pretty good.

I found a spot a distance away from Martin back towards the trig point, spotted* myself with the full 4G signal the phone had and started calling CQ on the HT using 145.375MHz, this time with a longer higher gain antenna fitted. Almost immediately a familiar sounding voice and call sign came back

As Chris, 2E0KJC’s (now M0KCJ) voice came booming through in crisp 5+9 glory! It turns out I had called CQ just as he had turned the radio on. Following Chris I had a QSO with another activator on “The Cloud” (SP-015), then to my surprise a second familiar call sign and voice. This time it was David, M0WDD, who’s audio and signal was also superb. Finally, I had a QSO with another station who was bicycle portable out towards Alsager. Thank you to both Chris and David for calling in – you got me 50% of the way to a successful activation, very much appreciated.

With the activation points in the bag and the weather being good I decided to take a risk. I had brought my tiny SW-3B QRP CW transceiver with me so decided to give CW a go. After setting up and doing the spot was quickly rewarded with what can be described as a challenging pileup. Not wanting to stress I just picked the calls out I could copy and eventually answered four of them, three from Italy (one of which was activating a summit over there) and another in the UK. I pretty much messed up all these QSO’s badly but never mind! Finally I packed up and went and said goodbye to Martin before heading back down.

I really enjoyed activating Shining Tor and would recommend it as a first summit for anyone wanting to give SOTA a go or indeed just want to operate portably. There’s a decent amount of space for antennas, the view is fantastic, it seems like a great location for radio in general and it’s also very easy to get to.

G/LD-004 Skiddaw – 22/10/22

While I was up in the Lake district on an impulse camping weekend I decided to give Skiddaw a go as its a ten pointer. I walked up taking the main marked path from Kendal and despite a little bit of rain early on the walk, the weather cleared giving way to decent looking skies – albeit very breezy.

This was my first time up Skiddaw and it won’t be the last – the walk itself is nice and varied and view from top is spectacular. Sadly the wind being so strong prevented me from putting up the HF antenna so I decided to go with the HT and work 2 meters. Unfortunately despite spotting myself numerous times and calling CQ plenty I only made a single contact with an M station just over the border in Scotland. However we had a nice chat which it with the lovely view made up for lack of points.

On the following day while still up in the Lakes I climbed LD-020 Dale Head. Sadly the weather prevented any activation as it was throwing it down and blowing a gale but its certainly one to revisit as it was very accessible from the road and looked like it would be a good summit for HF.

G/SP-001 Kinder Scout – Attempt 2 – 29/10/22

Given my first attempt of Kinder failed to get me the four points, I made a return visit on 29th October. This time I came equipped with an external speaker mic and telescopic 5/8 whip antenna for my VX-6, both recommended by other SOTA activators that use the same radio. Taking roughly the same route as last time with the sole intention of doing the activation I made my way up and over to the top. The weather was pretty poor with rain, fog and wind so certainly not a great day for an activation. As the summit was quiet I setup at the Kinder Low trig point and sheltered from the wind and pretty heavy rain behind the back of one of the big rocks. After 3 QSO’s and a while of calling CQ I bagged the almost illusive fourth 2 meter FM contact and got the 4 activation points! Shortly after the 4th, I packed up and started moving again as it was getting rather chilly.

I’d really recommend giving SOTA a go if you enjoy hillwalking and operating portably. Its good fun!

73’ de M1JSC

Gilmore Radio Club – CW Corner News No 5, by David M0WDD

Welcome to CW Corner News No 5 from the friendly Gilmore Radio Club. This is your roundup of recent morse code activities by North West Morse, the CW division of Gilmore Radio club. I hope members enjoyed this article. We would like to hear your ideas for future articles, so please email David M0WDD through the GRC Group email to do this.

In this CW Corner News No 5:  Review of NWM activities during 2022  Two recommended free eBooks about learning CW  A look at CWops and what they offer in learning CW 

The Gilmore Radio Club CW Quiz Number 4 ANSWERS 

The Gilmore Radio Club CW Quiz Number 5 QUESTIONS  And Finally

1. Review of North West Morse activities during 2022

Background

The very first GRC club CW net was back on 3 Jan 2022, on 6m, with myself David M0WDD in the chair and callers Keith M0JYP, Jamie M1JSC and Chris (M0KCJ, then 2E0KJC). This worked well and subsequent weekly nets continued and developed into North West Morse (NWM) run by Chris M0KCJ and myself. The first NWM CW net was on 7 March 2022 on 80m with Chris in the chair and callers Keith and me.

NWM nets have continued weekly, building up a core of 4-5 regular or semi-regular club callers.

The idea of NWM is to promote CW throughout the North West, through GRC club activities, CW nets and helping interested hams starting in or returning to CW.

So to start the ball rolling, initial CW awareness sessions were run in the club including an on air demo. Depending on further interest, we can run these sessions again, although our current focus is on running our weekly Sunday evening CW nets at 7:30pm.

We want to include training activities as well as regular net exchanges, so our weekly nets alternate between a regular net on one Sunday and a training/quiz net on the next Sunday. You can see the schedule on the GRC website under Diary of Events. (https://m0juw.co.uk/whats-on/)

Our regular CW net format is check-ins, reports, news and chat, and final comments before closing. Our training/quiz net has check-ins, reports, a quiz topic, and final comments before closing.

Thanks to Heather, Radcom regularly lists our NWM CW net schedule, and from the early days we are delighted to have built up 4-5 regular or near regular club callers on each weekly net. We also have occasional non-club callers. We welcome all and encourage them to consider becoming club members.

We also have occasional callers from further afield answering the net CQ. They tend not to stay on the net, preferring just a normal CW QSO exchange.

Since NWM started, we have had 4 email enquiries about learning CW, 2 from club members, and 2 from non-members. In this situation, we offer one to one on air practice QSOs and encouragement to join the net, and of these enquiries, 3 have had successful on air one to one CW QSOs, and of these, 2 have subsequently called in to the CW net.

So what has gone well for NWM so far?

In terms of the different net frequencies we have tried, local conditions between CW net participants has been excellent on 2m, good on 10m, and adequate but sometimes challenging on 6m and 80m.

Interestingly, all our core callers have managed net check-ins on each different net frequencies, in some cases by switching antennas for the best signals. What has not gone so well for NWM so far?

Our net callers are still very much from GRC rather than more generally from the North West so we will be considering how we can expand the interest in NWM, and any suggestions are very welcome.

We are not currently offering any support for beginners/returners, but we are signposting to online support, apps and CW clubs.

Although we have experienced excellent 2m CW conditions, few GRC members have 2m CW capabilities, so we could encourage rig borrowing, sharing, use of transverters etc.

Overall, North West Morse has had a successful first year with consistently good net attendance from club members, and any suggestions or views from club members are welcome on how we can continue to build NWM.

To finish this NWM roundup, thank you to these club members who have called in to our NWM CW nets, from Chris M0KCJ and David M0WDD. We appreciated all your check ins from these members:

Keith M0JYP, Jamie M1JSC, Norman G1HHU, and Graham M0IYP. -

exercises and clear explanations. This eBook is also available on the GRC website. You can also buy a paperback version on Amazon UK, but is this currently out of stock. Here is the link for the free download:

https://www.qsl.net/w9aml/documents/TheArtandSkillofRadioTelegraphy.pdf

Zen and the Art of Radio Telegraphy

This has good guidance on CW learning processes, and looks more at learning CW through relaxation techniques, to build and recall morse code sound patterns to and from the subconscious mind. Here is the link for the free download:

3. A look at CWops and what they offer in learning CW

Have you heard this advice given to encourage someone in learning CW? “You just need to practice, practice, practice”. This can work for some, but for others it can be a very inefficient way to learn CW.

Don’t get me wrong. We would all agree that practice is vital in the CW learning process. But on its own you may not be getting guidance or feedback to help you correct errors or concentrate on where you need to improve, You could be spending lots of time repeating errors or not realising what you need to focus on. Then you may then feel you’re not progressing.

There are different ways to help overcome this, including seeking help from a CW friend or friends or from CW clubs, such as CWops, FISTS, LICW club, and EssexCW club. We will look at CWops in this article.

You can find CWops at https://cwops.org/

CWops is a club of CW operators offering a range of free CW training programmes at four levels; basic, fundamentals, intermediate and advanced. Training programmes run over 8 weeks. Classes meeting twice a week on Zoom with an advisor, for feedback, encouragement, and a chance to meet others in the class.

Participants must use a morse paddle, and have a rig or an electronic morse keyer to produce audio tones from a loudspeaker. They also need online access with a device with a microphone, preferably a computer or a laptop, and have a free Zoom account.

CWops training programmes are self-learning, and they provide all the training guides and exercises for free. You can actually download all the training content without enrolling on a class, but then you miss out on the vital advisor’s feedback and discussions on the twice-weekly Zoom sessions. Participants agree to practice for an hour per day throughout the course using the provided exercises.

CWops ask that participants have a positive mental attitude, practice with the exercises at least one hour per day, and attend the twice-weekly Zoom meetings for 8 weeks. All CWops training uses a character speed of 20wpm-25wpm initially, with lots of spaces between characters and words. As courses progress the spaces reduce. The aim is to learn to hear and understand the sound patterns of characters. You also learn to send CW as soon as you can, so you build your CW listening and sending skills at the same time.

Q10) North is DahDit DahDahDah DitDahDit Dah DitDitDitDit

Q11) Q Codes are internationally agreed groups of three letter codes starting with Q, used with or without a question, used by Amateurs to allow clear and quick communications of standard subjects.

Q12) For CW QRP, power level is 5 watts.

6. And Finally

If you would like any help in learning CW with practice CW QSOs, or have any suggestions for future articles, please contact Chris M0KCJ or David M0WDD or any of the club team through the GRC Gmail system.

Until next time, best wishes from David M0WDD, North West Morse, Gilmour Radio Club, Dec 2022.

of Gilmore Radio Club is easy. If you know someone who maybe interested in joining us. please ask them to complete the application form on our website, which will come directly to us.

This list contains all the 2022 members and is correct at the time of going to press.

Alan G0ROW

Michael G0WFD

Norman G1HHU

Lee G2LK

Bob GM4UYZ

Jim G6URD Ray G7TQT

Brian G8NHN Steve G8YTP

Bob GM4UYZ

Karl M0ASU

Graham M0IYP

Keith M0JYP Chris M0KCJ Robert M0NVQ

Chris M0OGG Rob M0ORA

Jon M0RFU David M0WDD Lee M0ZPZ

John M1EAS Jamie M1JSC Ed 2E0CFM John 2E0CGX Nigel 2E0CKA Andy 2E0GCL Jack 2E0JEH Andy 2E0KKF Robert 2E0OFF Paddy 2E0TWD Steve 2E0WIT Bill 2E1WTG Ken M3UQP Heth M6HNS Alan M6KOY Simon M7AUC Jon M7HLV Ron M7RJL SWL - Kieron R SWL - Tracy L

On the GRC website, we have a full list (as above) of our members.

Some members have provided their profiles which we have also used for the ‘The Gilmore Gazette’.

We have also listed a link to their QRZ pages - https://m0juw.co.uk/ourmembers-profiles-and-qrz-page-links/

For any member that would like to put the club logo on their page, please email : info@m0juw.co.uk and we will send you the logo.

Frequencies

LF (Low Frequency)

2000m : 135.7 - 137.8Khz

MF (Medium Frequency)

630m : 472 - 479Khz

HF (High Frequency)

80m : 3.5 - 3.8Mhz

160m : 1.81 - 2.0Mhz

40m : 7.0 - 7.2Mhz

30m : 10.1 - 10.15Mhz 20m : 14 - 14.35Mhz

17m : 18.068 - 18.168Mhz 15m : 21 - 21.45Mhz

12m : 24.89 - 24.99Mhz 10m : 28 - 29.7Mhz

60m : Consists of 11 spot frequencies check band plan

Note for operating on 60m Only available to full licence holders

VHF (Very High Frequency)

6m : 50 - 52Mhz

2m : 144.0 - 146.0Mhz

UHF (Ultra High Frequency)

4m : 70 - 70.5Mhz

70cms : 430.0 - 440Mhz 23cms : 1240.0 - 325Mhz

The RST Code

Signal Meter from Yaesu FTDX10

R1 Unreadable

R2 Barely readable (occasional words understood)

R3 Readable, but with considerably difficulty

R4 Readable, with very little difficulty

R5 Perfectly readable

S – Signal Strength

S1 Signals very faint, barely heard

S2 Very weak signal

S3 Weak Signal

S4 Fair signal strength

S5 Fairly good signal strength

S6 Good Signal strength

S7 Moderately strong signals

S8 Strong signals

S9 Very Strong signal

T – Tone

T1 Extremely rough hissing noise

T2 Very rough unmusical note

T3 Rough low pitched note with trace of musicality

T4 Rather rough note, moderately musical

T5 Musically modulated note

T6 Modulated note, slight trace of whistle

T7 Good note smooth ripple

T8 Good note trace of ripple

T9 Pure note

23cm

GB3SE 1297.0750 Mhz 1291.0750 Mhz Analogue Stoke on Trent 70cm

GB3CR 433.1500 Mhz 434.7500 Mhz Analogue Caergwrle GB3LI 433.2500 Mhz 434.8500 Mhz Analogue Liverpool GB3MF 433.0500 Mhz 434.6500 Mhz Analogue ** SEE BELOW

GB3MR 433.3500 Mhz 434.9500 Mhz Analogue Disley

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